Stephen P. Morse

Stephen Paul Morse (born May 1940) is the architect of the Intel 8086 chip^[1] and is the originator of the "One Step" search page tools used by genealogists.

Early life[]

Morse was born at Brooklyn, New York. He has degrees in electrical engineering from the City College of New York, the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and New York University.

Career[]

Intel 8086[]

Morse worked for Bell Laboratories, IBM's Watson Research Center, Intel, and General Electric Corporate Research and Development. He was a principal architect of Intel 8086 microprocessor chip, designed by Intel between early 1976 and June 8, 1978.

He is quoted as saying:

"While I'd like to think that the PC wouldn't exist today if I hadn't designed the 8086, the reality is that it would be based on some other processor family. The instruction set would be radically different, but there would still be a PC. I was just fortunate enough to be at the right place at the right time."^[2]

Genealogy[]

In recent years, he has applied his technology expertise to web-based genealogy search tools. His "One Step" search pages are widely used by genealogists all over the world. He is also a co-author, with linguist Alexander Beider, of the Beider–Morse phonetic name matching algorithm.^[3]^[4]

Notes[]

^ Edwards, Benj (16 June 2008). "Stephen Morse: Father of the 8086 Processor". PCWorld.
^ Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (2004). "Genealogical Computing - Steve Morse: A Genealogical Mensch". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ "Beider–Morse Phonetic Name Matching". SteveMorse.org. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ Gary Mokotoff (September 28, 2008). "Morse Implements Phonetic Algorithm for Ellis Island Database". Nu? What's New? - The E-zine of Jewish Genealogy - Volume 9, Number 22. Avotaynu. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

External links[]

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[PCWorld-Father8086-2008-1] Edwards, Benj (16 June 2008). "Stephen Morse: Father of the 8086 Processor". PCWorld.

[AncestryGenealogicalComputing-2] Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (2004). "Genealogical Computing - Steve Morse: A Genealogical Mensch". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[SteveMorsePhonetic-3] "Beider–Morse Phonetic Name Matching". SteveMorse.org. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[AvotaynuBMPhonetic-4] Gary Mokotoff (September 28, 2008). "Morse Implements Phonetic Algorithm for Ellis Island Database". Nu? What's New? - The E-zine of Jewish Genealogy - Volume 9, Number 22. Avotaynu. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

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